1. Stem Cells: Properties and Prospective Medical Applications

   • R. A. Musina
   • Ye. Ye. Yegorov
   • A. V. Belyavsky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 469 - 481

2. Bacterial and Archaeal S-Layers as a Subject of Nanobiotechnology

   • V. G. Debabov

   OriginalPaper Pages: 482 - 493

3. Polymorphism of the Noncoding Region of the Mitochondrial Genome in Three Kazakh Populations Inhabiting Different Areas of Kazakhstan and in DNA Samples from Ancient Populations of the Kazakhstani Altai

   • N. A. Aytkhozhina
   • N. V. Dzisuk
   • E. K. Ludvikova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 494 - 502

4. Comparison of the Mutation Spectrum of Hypervariable Segment 1 for Phylogeographical Groups of Human Mitochondrial DNA

   • B. A. Malyarchuk

   OriginalPaper Pages: 503 - 508

5. Endonuclease Activity Determined by the Penelope Retrotransposon

   • K. I. Pyatkov
   • H. S. Zelentsova
   • M. B. Evgen'ev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 509 - 515

6. Phylogeographic Analysis of Mitochondrial DNA in the Nogays: A Strong Mixture of Maternal Lineages from Eastern and Western Eurasia

   • M. A. Bermisheva
   • I. A. Kutuev
   • E. K. Khusnutdinova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 516 - 523

7. Polymorphisms of Alcohol Dehydrogenase Genes ADH1Band ADH7 in Russian Populations of Siberia

   • A. V. Marussin
   • V. A. Stepanov
   • V. P. Puzyrev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 524 - 529

8. New Site-Specific Endonucleases F-TflI, F-TflII, and F-TflIV Encoded by Bacteriophage T5

   • N. V. Akulenko
   • T. V. Ivashina
   • V. N. Ksenzenko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 530 - 537

9. Molecular Analysis of Structural Abnormalities in Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma Genome

   • E. V. Vasil'ev
   • P. O. Roumiantsev
   • D. V. Zaletayev

   OriginalPaper Pages: 538 - 548

10. Methylation of the Promoter Region of the RASSF1A Candidate Tumor Suppressor Gene in Primary Epithelial Tumors

    • V. I. Loginov
    • A. V. Malyukova
    • E. A. Braga

    OriginalPaper Pages: 549 - 560

11. Localization of DNA Sequences Tightly Associated with the Synaptonemal Complex in Compositional Fractions of the Golden Hamster Genome*

    • O. I. Karpova
    • S. Saccone
    • Yu. F. Bogdanov

    OriginalPaper Pages: 561 - 567

12. Human Ribosomal Protein S26 Inhibits Splicing of Its Own Pre-mRNA

    • A. V. Ivanov
    • A. A. Malygin
    • G. G. Karpova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 568 - 574

13. Nuclear Localization Signals in p170, the Large Subunit of Translation Initiation Factor 3

    • E. M. Chudinova
    • P. A. Ivanov
    • E. S. Nadezhdina

    OriginalPaper Pages: 575 - 581

14. Conformational Properties of Neuromedin NmU-8 and Its Modified Analogs

    • N. A. Isakova
    • I. N. Alieva
    • N. M. Godjaev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 582 - 589

15. The Effect of Ca²⁺ Ions on DNA Compaction in the Complex with HMGB1 Nonhistone Chromosomal Protein

    • A. M. Polyanichko
    • E. V. Chikhirzhina
    • V. I. Vorob'ev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 590 - 600

16. Construction of pMH, a Convenient Escherichia coli Protein Expression Vector

    • A. A. Gortchakov
    • J. Kaltenhäuser
    • H. Saumweber

    OriginalPaper Pages: 600 - 602

17. Biosynthesis of the Recombinant Middle Surface Antigen of the Human Hepatitis B Virus in Silkworm Larvae

    • O. A. Lihoradova
    • E. Yu. Bachurina
    • Sh. S. Azimova

    OriginalPaper Pages: 603 - 607

18. Antibodies to DNA in the Blood of Patients with Tick-Borne Encephalitis

    • N. V. Garmashova
    • V. E. Kazanskii
    • G. A. Nevinskii

    OriginalPaper Pages: 608 - 614

19. National Conference “From Double Helix to Human Genome” Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bayev (January 19–21, 2004, Moscow)

    OriginalPaper Pages: 615 - 618

20. Theses of National Conference “From Double Helix to Human Genome” Commemorating the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Bayev

    OriginalPaper Pages: 619 - 632

21. Letter from Prof. Shyam Dube

    OriginalPaper Pages: 633 - 633